The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mark Mccall finished 398th of 529 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:38:42.
The runs carried this race: faster than 37% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:39 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester ran slow: the 1,766 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:21 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:15Running 1 3:36v median +0:00
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Block 02 8:24Running 2 5:17v median +0:12
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 5:51v median +0:28
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Block 04 14:36Running 4 5:36v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:37Running 5 5:45v median +0:06
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:45v median +0:14
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Block 07 14:39Running 7 5:53v median +0:23
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Block 08 16:39Running 8 7:18v median +2:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:59
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 518
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 518 men who finished.